Italy - Factors to watch on Aug. 18

Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot
vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).

For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on
.

GENERAL/ECONOMY

(*)The government will fall short of its privatisation
target this year, la Repubblica reported. The government had
aimed to raise about 0.5 percent of GDP, or 8 billion euros, but
will end up with revenue of almost 5 billion euros, mainly due
to the decision to postpone the sale of up to 40 percent of
state rail company, Ferrovie dello Stato, the newspaper said.